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diff --git a/ledger.texi b/ledger.texi index 7bc0d8cf..6085999c 100644 --- a/ledger.texi +++ b/ledger.texi @@ -336,9 +336,8 @@ your init file. entries on or after @samp{DATE}. Only entries after that date will be calculated, which means that the running total in the balance report will always start at zero with the first matching entry. (Note: This -is different from using @samp{--display} to constrain the entries -displayed, in which case the running total includes the undisplayed -entries). +is different from using @samp{--display} to constrain what is +displayed). @sp 1 @@ -446,9 +445,19 @@ transaction that matched. @sp 1 -@samp{--limit EXPR} (@samp{-l EXPR}) +@samp{--limit EXPR} (@samp{-l EXPR}) limits which transactions take +part in the calculations of a report. -@samp{--display EXPR} (@samp{-d EXPR}) +@samp{--display EXPR} (@samp{-d EXPR}) limits which transactions or +accounts or actually displayed in a report. They might still be +calculated, and be part of the running total of a register report, for +example, but they will not be displayed. This is useful for seeing +last month's checking transactions, against a running balance that +includes all past transactions: + +@example +ledger -d "d>=[2004/8]" reg checking +@end example @sp 1 |